Author: Janet Holmes

Tomatoes Tomatoes Summer Sweet and Juliet are grape tomatoes. Small and oblong, they produce hundreds of amazingly sweet fruit that are perfect cut in half in salads, tossed with pasta, on pizza, or eaten alone. Beefy Boy is a large, beefsteak tomato that is great for tomato salads, burgers, and even sauce. Summer Squash Summer …

Kids love playing with slime. This ooey-gooey concoction can easily be made at home, so your kids can play with slime anytime they want! The fun thing about making your own slime is that you can choose your colors and add anything you want, like glitter or confetti, to add some fun and texture. Try …

Observing Air Pressure If your child jumps for joy at the thought of blowing things up, she will really enjoy the Bottle Balloon Blow-Up experiments. Though her excitement may die down temporarily when she realizes the only thing getting blown up is the balloon, it will be quickly reignited when she realizes that she can …

Wondering what kind of dog your family should get, or if your own furry friend is top dog? Based on hundreds of reviews submitted by our readers, we’ve compiled a list of the best child-friendly dog breeds along with some real-life anecdotes from parents. Dogs make great pets for families with kids of all ages. …

Can you imagine having to go to a different school than your friends because of your skin color? You probably know that before America’s civil rights movement changed American society, this would have been the case. South Africa’s apartheid law was not so different. Four hundred years ago, Dutch people sailed to South Africa and …